He did not stay in one place. His home was the world: Havana, Paris, Pamplona, Key West, Ketchum.

From what I can remember of my Hemingway studies, his afternoons and evenings weren’t solitary. He surrounded himself with, or was surrounded by, people.

But Hemingway was famous! He had time and money to travel! If I had his time and money, I would fish for marlin, too.

Yes, but how did Hemingway become famous? He was not born into wealth; he attended public schools. That is true. It is also true that as a young man, he established an everyday pattern of work and rejuvenation, of writing and adventure.

Fame and fortune followed.

I suspect you and I have the work thing down pat. We go to the well and lean on that pump handle, hour after hour, late into the night.

Larry, what a cool read. I didn’t know about his routine, but it makes sense. I recently read The Art of Non-conformity, an book about traveling to every country in the world. I liked Hemingway’s life–living in four or five countries–better. Hemingway lived life to the fullest, the way we all should.